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  • WITCHES ABROAD
    WITCHES ABROAD
    TERRY PRATCHETT
    'No one mixes the fantastical and mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of modern endeavour' Daily MailThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . Fairy godmothers develop a very deep understanding abo...
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  • ARISTOTLE
    ARISTOTLE
    CARLO NATALI
    The definitive account of Aristotle's life and schoolThis definitive biography shows that Aristotle's philosophy is best understood on the basis of a firm knowledge of his life and of the school he founded. First published in Italian, and now translated, updated, and expanded for English readers, this concise chronological narrative is the most authoritative account of Aristotl...
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    34,95 €

  • HENRY HENRY
    HENRY HENRY
    ALLEN BRATTON
    'One of the most exciting new novels' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Very funny... Its deeply felt pages flew by' GUARDIAN 'Sexy, compassionate, uncommonly imaginative: I've never read anything quite like it' Oisín McKenna, author of Evenings and Weekends London, 2014. Hal Lancaster - twenty-two, gay, Catholic, chops lines of cocaine with his myWaitrose card - is the reluctant heir of his...
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    12,50 €

  • THE POPPY WAR COLLECTOR'S EDITION
    THE POPPY WAR COLLECTOR'S EDITION
    R. F. KUANG
    Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018 'The best fantasy debut of 2018' - WIRED From the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface comes an all-new, fully illustrated, collector's edition of R. F. Kuang's debut novel, The Poppy War. Considered one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, the story of orphaned Rin's rise to power ...
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    37,50 €

  • THE NAMES
    THE NAMES
    FLORENCE KNAPP
    Tomorrow - if morning comes, if the storm stops raging - Cora will register the name of her son. Or perhaps, and this is her real concern, she'll formalise who he will become. It is 1987 and in the aftermath of a great storm, Cora sets out with her nine-year-old daughter to register the birth of her son. Her husband has ordered her to follow a long-standing family tradition and...
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  • SMILE
    SMILE
    RAINA TELGEMEIER
    Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood!Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer w...
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  • POD
    POD
    LALINE PAULL
    'Laline Paull succeeds splendidly in rising to the most important literary challenge of our time - restoring voice and agency to other-than-human beings' Amitav Ghosh 'A pacy, provocative tale of survival in a fast-changing marine landscape' Daily Mail Bestselling author Laline Paull returns with an immersive and transformative new novel of an ocean world - its extraordinary ...
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    12,50 €

  • A MANUAL FOR MANUEL
    A MANUAL FOR MANUEL
    JULIO. CORTÁZAR
    In 1970s Paris, a group of revolutionaries plot the daring kidnapping of a powerful Latin American official. But among them is Andres, a man adrift in a world of high-stakes politics. As Andres spirals into a crisis of identity, Cortazar intersects the group's story with real-life documents, newspaper clippings, and personal reflections to construct a compelling mosaic that ex...
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  • EMPIRE OF PAIN
    EMPIRE OF PAIN
    PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE
    NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINEE - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author of Say Nothing The history of the ...
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  • THE PASSAGE
    THE PASSAGE
    JUSTIN CRONIN
    Now a 10 episode TV series on Fox. In Memphis, a six-year-old girl called Amy is left at the Convent of Mercy. In a maximum jail in Navada, a murderer has the same nightmare over and over again. In California a man waits for his brother to return home so he can kill him. A door is about to open into a future none of them could have imagined. ...
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  • THE ADVENTURES OF INVISIBLE BOY
    THE ADVENTURES OF INVISIBLE BOY
    DOOGIE HORNER
    "It's his first day at a new school, and Stanley wishes he could disappear. He can hardly believe it when, after a big spill at the science fair, POOF! Stanley is invisible! It's awesome! He can do anything he wants, and no one will know! But Stanley isn't the only one who turned invisible. The inventor of the potion is not happy about the accident and takes his anger out on ki...
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  • STAR WARS REBELS 3D ACTIVITY BOOK
    STAR WARS REBELS 3D ACTIVITY BOOK
    LUCASFILM LTD
    Join the heroes of the Star Wars Rebels TV series in this epic activity book, featuring jaw-dropping 3D scenes! Help Ezra and Kanan through mazes, colour in grumpy Chopper, break codes with Zeb and Hera, and create graffiti masterpieces with Sabine. Includes awesome 3D posters and a fold-out full of exclusive character info! Based on the award-winning animated television series...
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    7,65 €

  • CHURCHILL'S SHADOW
    CHURCHILL'S SHADOW
    GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT
    In A.J.P. Taylor's words, Churchill was 'the saviour of his country' when he became prime minister in 1940. Yet he was also a deeply flawed character. Giving due credit to Churchill's achievements but making no secret of his failures, Geoffrey Wheatcroft takes a radically different approach to other biographies. Going far beyond a reappraisal of a life and a career, he reveals...
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  • GIRLCRUSH
    GIRLCRUSH
    FLORENCE GIVEN
    'Dark, funny and wild.' - Chloe Ashby, author of WET PAINT 'Girlcrush is a funny, filthy and furious exploration of sexuality, identity and the expectations on us all. It's a rare combination - a page turner with a message.' - Daisy Buchanan 'It feels like a ball of energy coming right for you. I loved this debut.' - Emma Gannon GIRLCRUSH is a dark feminist retelling of Jek...
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    21,25 €

  • GHOST HUNTER
    GHOST HUNTER
    MICHELLE PAVER
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    11,25 €

  • ROCK SPRINGS
    ROCK SPRINGS
    RICHARD FORD
    The stories in this collection are about ordinary women, men and children. Unemployed, on the way back to prison, marriages in tatters, they confront their fates with hard-won optimisms, humour and flashes of insight. ...
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    14,50 €

  • LETTERS TO FELICE
    LETTERS TO FELICE
    FRANZ KAFKA
    Kafka's letters to Felice Bauer were written between 1912 and 1917, during which time they were twice engaged to be married. This complex relationship, which coincided with a period of great productivity for Kafka, gave him both hope and strength, but gradually disllusionment and the onset of illness drove them apart. These letters remain as a monument to the inner life of a cr...
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  • A SCANNER DARKLY
    A SCANNER DARKLY
    PHILIP K. DICK
    Bob Arctor is a junkie and a drug dealer, both using and selling the mind-altering Substance D. Fred is a law enforcement agent, tasked with bringing Bob down. It sounds like a standard case. The only problem is that Bob and Fred are the same person. Substance D doesn?t just alter the mind, it splits it in two, and neither side knows what the other is doing or that it even exis...
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  • NIGHTSHADE REVENGE
    NIGHTSHADE REVENGE
    ANTHONY HOROWITZ
    The world's bestselling teenage spy takes on a new and daring mission. This much-awaited new book in the bestselling Alex Rider series continues Alex's fight against the deadly assassins encountered in the last book, Nightshade. Alex still has unfinished business with this sinister group made up of brainwashed children, not least trying to reunite MI6 chief Mrs Jones with her ...
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  • A PHOTO FINISH
    A PHOTO FINISH
    ELSIE SILVER
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    12,50 €

  • SERVANT OF EARTH
    SERVANT OF EARTH
    SARAH HAWLEY
    IN THE UNDERGROUND FAE REALM, ONLY THE STRONGEST AND MOST RUTHLESS HAVE POWER - BUT A YOUNG HUMAN WOMAN FORCED INTO A LIFE OF SERVITUDE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING 'A darkly enchanting page-turner laden with sensuality and intrigue' THEA GUANZON **** Kenna Heron is a servant in the cruel underground faerie kingdom of Mistei. There she must help her mistress undertake six d...
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  • THE OUTSIDER
    THE OUTSIDER
    ALBERT CAMUS
    The Outsider is an enduring classic of existential writing by Albert Camus'Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know'Meursault is different. He will not lie. He will not pretend. He is true to himself.So when his mother dies and he is unmoved, he refuses to do the proper thing and grieve. Returning to Algiers after the funeral, he carries on life as usual until he bec...
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  • THE TWO LOST MOUNTAINS
    THE TWO LOST MOUNTAINS
    MATTHEW REILLY
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    12,50 €

  • OUT IN THE WORLD: THE GAY GUIDE TO TRAVELLING WITH PRIDE
    OUT IN THE WORLD: THE GAY GUIDE TO TRAVELLING WITH PRIDE
    STEFAN ARESTIS / SEBASTIEN CHANEAC
    Out in the World is THE indispensable guide to LGBTQ+ travel from The Nomadic Boys - full of tips, advice and resources on the best and safest places to visit around the world. Get ready for a fabulous adventure across the world with this essential guide to LGBTQ+ travel.The Nomadic Boys share their favourite travel experiences spanning six continents in gorgeous technicolour, ...
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    25,00 €

  • THE GONE WORLD
    THE GONE WORLD
    TOM SWETERLITSCH
    The Silence of the Lambs meets Interstellar. The terrifying, thrilling and ingenious science-fiction thriller from Tom Sweterlitsch. Film rights bought by Twentieth Century Fox with Neil Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) to direct. 'Thrilling . . . [a] dark, page-turning thriller' The Guardian A murdered family. A missing girl. Time is running out... 1997. Shannon Moss of the N...
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  • ON CHESIL BEACH
    ON CHESIL BEACH
    IAN MCEWAN
    "It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward, an earnest young history student at University College of London, who unexpectedly wooed and won her heart. Newly married that morning, both virgins, Edward and Florence arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms...
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  • HIDDEN PORTRAITS
    HIDDEN PORTRAITS
    SUE ROE
    Fernande Olivier, Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Therese Walter, Dora Maar, Francoise Gilot, and Jacqueline Roque. These six extraordinary women shared Pablo Picasso's life and were instrumental in his career, yet they have long been dismissed as simply passive models or muses. Hidden Portraits reveals that their lives were - without exception - remarkable. All six were unconventional,...
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    31,25 €

  • THE BOOK THAT BROKE THE WORLD
    THE BOOK THAT BROKE THE WORLD
    MARK LAWRENCE
    The second volume in the ground-breaking Library Trilogy, following THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN. We fight for the people we love. We fight for the ideas we want to be true. Evar and Livira stand side by side and yet far beyond each other's reach. Evar is forced to flee the library, driven before an implacable foe. Livira, trapped in a ghost world, has to recover her book if s...
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    12,50 €

  • THE COMPLETE COSMICOMICS
    THE COMPLETE COSMICOMICS
    ITALO CALVINO
    Italo Calvino's enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures, The Complete Cosmicomics is translated by Martin McLaughlin, Tim Parks and William Weaver in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Naturally, we were all there, - dld Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that...
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    16,25 €

  • TRAVELS WITH A STICK
    TRAVELS WITH A STICK
    RICHARD FRAZER
    A pilgrimage undertaken with an open heart offers spiritual renewal, connection, and unexpected kindness.Almost 300,000 people 'officially' complete the journey to Santiago each year - hundreds of thousands more travel at least part of the way.In this book, Richard Frazer discovers on his pilgrimage to the shrine of St James the Great how a journey - wherever it is made - under...
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    13,75 €